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In mid-October, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Xu Hongru, gathered his main force in Dancheng and was defeated by Yang Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province. They were defeated and captured. The main force of the White Lotus Sect in southern Shandong was scattered.

In early November, Bailian's main force in Weixian was defeated by Yuan Keli's Denglai troops, causing many casualties.

At this point, the white lotus tide that started to rise in Shandong in May was completely wiped out under the cold blades of the army.

The person who is in contact with Heidao is one of the leaders of Bailian in Weixian County. This person is named Zhang Jianbai. He was originally a subordinate of Xu Hongru, but he has close ties with Wang Sen, another leader of the White Lotus Sect.

When the county captured the city, he had already fled and did not suffer much damage.

He is from Dengzhou Prefecture and his family is very wealthy. Unlike those devout leaders and believers, his purpose in joining the White Lotus Sect is not simple.

At this time, his hands and eyes were very powerful, but under the double pressure of Yuan Keli and Yang Zhaoji, he had nowhere to hide, so he remembered the Black Island that he had visited before, and wanted to seek a chance of survival through the pirate protection of the Black Island.

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Li Yuanqing once again received news from Zhang Jianbai. It was already mid-November. This man also tried his best and paid 30,000 taels in the hope of escaping to Heidao. From then on, the lives of his tribe members would be transferred from Heidao according to the market price.

Buy.

Li Yuanqing knew that the time was almost up. If he was hung up any longer, if he was caught by Yuan Keli, the gain would outweigh the loss.

There were no specific affairs on Changsheng Island, so Li Yuanqing was waiting for his help with this sum of money, so he personally took a boat to Black Island. Firstly, he wanted to receive the money, and secondly, Li Yuanqing also wanted to see what the leader of the White Lotus looked like.

On November 19th, Li Yuanqing successfully arrived at Heidao. Guan Canghai had already arrived several days in advance to make arrangements for this matter.

Since Yuan Keli took office, the commander of the Denglai Navy, veteran Shen Yourong, has received greater support. The strength of the Denglai Navy has grown rapidly. The pressure on Heidao is extremely high. Now, no one dares to go to Denglai Prefecture.

Coastal activities can only be done in the surrounding areas.

At this time, Zhang Jianbai had broken into pieces and hid in the capital of Dengzhou. However, Yuan Keli and his army were about to return to the city in the near future. Zhang Jianbai was already like an ant on a hot pot, urging him several times, hoping that Heidao would return to the city.

Come to rescue as soon as possible.

"General, it is very difficult for us to bypass the defense line of Denglai Navy now. We can only go through other places. But Zhang Jianbai cannot get out now. The problem is very difficult."

On the big ship in Heidao, Guan Canghai reported the situation to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing nodded.

It is not too difficult for Zhang Qianbai to escape on his own, but there must be a reason why he has been reluctant to leave. It is very likely that in such a situation, the property in his hands cannot be protected.

"Procrastination like this is not the answer. Zhang Jianbai is very useful to us now, and nothing can happen to him yet. In this way, we will go to Dengzhou City to pick him up. Just in time, I also want to visit Mr. Shen."

Guan Canghai also understood what Li Yuanqing meant and whispered: "General, if this is the case, we must be more cautious and make no mistakes."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "I'm going to Dengzhou to check out the business. We can go both ways."

Guan Canghai reacted instantly, "I understand."

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The next morning, Li Yuanqing changed into a green cloth robe, took Huang Guoshan and several entourage, and successfully appeared outside Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou is a large city on the peninsula and has been a prosperous place since ancient times. With the rise of the Jin Dynasty, Denglai's political status has also been greatly improved, and its political status has become more and more important.

Shen Yourong's Denglai Navy is stationed in Dengzhou. Although their defense is very tight, there are refugees from Liaoning here every day, so it is not difficult to find loopholes.

It's just that it's easy to get in, but it's not so easy to get out from here.

This is also the most difficult part of rescuing Zhang Jianbai this time.

The inspection at the city gate is very strict. There are many refugee shacks near the city gate. From the accent, they are all Liao residents. Although they are in ragged clothes, the weather is not too cold at this time. There are also several soup kitchens around, and the situation is not good. Not too bad.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but nod. Yuan Keli was indeed very capable, and he was very different from ordinary bureaucrats.

As Li Yuanqing, it was not difficult to obtain the ultimatum, and he easily arrived in the city as a merchant from Liao.

Li Yuanqing had not been to a real city for a long time. At this time, facing the hustle and bustle of Dengzhou City, he felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

Huang Guoshan said carefully: "Master, where are we going now?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, let's take a look around first and find a good restaurant later to make up for the brothers."

Several soldiers couldn't help but be overjoyed.

They followed Li Yuanqing and walked around the streets with great interest.

When he came to Dengzhou this time, Li Yuanqing also thought deeply. It is not difficult to maintain Changsheng Island in its current state, but it is very difficult to develop it.

The best way to get out of this predicament is to open source.

Li Yuanqing started his own business, creating income and subsidizing his family through normal and stable channels.

However, Changsheng Island itself does not have many local products, such as sea cucumbers, which require very high skills and are difficult to scale. Li Yuanqing also wanted to come to Dengzhou to see if there is any trade deficit between the two places. .

Dengzhou City is not a small city. After shopping around a few streets, it was already noon. Li Yuanqing and his party came to one of the busiest streets, picked a restaurant, and sat down.

After wandering around for a whole morning, Li Yuanqing didn't gain much. The business of the shops on the streets of Dengzhou was not very prosperous. Although the flow of people was not small, most of them were homeless people. It was obviously difficult for them to have much purchasing power.

The food and wine in this restaurant were pretty good. After a simple meal, Li Yuanqing was about to visit Shen Yourong. At this time, a singing girl holding a pipa walked in hurriedly.

There were not many people in the restaurant at this time, the others were only one or two individual guests, except Li Yuanqing, who had seven or eight people sitting at the table.

The singing girl hurriedly came to Li Yuanqing's side. She also saw that Li Yuanqing was his master and hurriedly begged: "Master, I will sing a song for you. It's free of charge."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but frown. This singer was about in her early twenties and quite beautiful. However, there was a patch of dirt on her forehead, which ruined a lot of her beauty.

The soldiers around her didn't understand what this meant and looked at her cautiously.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "How can you not get paid for singing? You go ahead and sing. This is a reward for you."

As Li Yuanqing spoke, he handed a small piece of broken silver, about half a tael, into her hand.

The singing girl glanced at Li Yuanqing gratefully, then hurriedly sat down on a stool beside the table among the crowd, and was about to start tuning the pipa and singing.

At this time, seven or eight people came chasing after him outside the door. A young man in a white silk robe looked around with a sadistic look on his face. He soon spotted the singing girl behind Li Yuanqing. He suddenly smiled and said, Dissatisfied, he said to a man in a coarse robe in front of him: "Where is the person? Zhang Jiu, did this young master pay money?"

This person, who is about thirty years old and smells of alcohol, hurriedly looked in the direction of the young master's eyes. When he saw the singer, he couldn't help but cursed: "You slut, you are lucky that Mr. Shen has taken a liking to you." , you fucking dare to run? Get over here."

As he spoke, he rushed towards the singer drunkenly, as if he wanted to arrest her by force.

The singer was so frightened that she couldn't care less about the pipa in her hand. She hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Yuanqing and said, "Master, please save this slave. He is a madman, he will kill me."

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and the soldiers around him also looked angry.

No wonder this singing girl is so eager to sing for free. It turns out that there are "pursuers" behind her.

Seeing the strong man rushing over, Li Yuanqing winked at Huang Guoshan.

Huang Guoshan understood and couldn't bear it anymore. With a wave of his hand, two soldiers had already grabbed the arm of the drunkard named Zhang Jiu, making him unable to move.

The drunkard Zhang Jiu couldn't help but get angry: "You picky guys, let me go quickly. What do you want to do? Do you want to rob a common woman?"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but feel happy, this guy is interesting. He'll give him a thumbs up.

Next to him, Mr. Shen looked at this scene with a smile on his face, his face full of amusement.

"Let me go. I'm looking for my mother-in-law. Why are you stopping me? Let me go. Otherwise, I'll report to the police." Zhang Jiu yelled at the top of his lungs.

Li Yuanqing also reacted, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Is this the legendary selling one's wife?

The singer trembled and kowtowed to Li Yuanqing desperately, "Master, don't listen to him, it's not like that. He is a beast. You must save me. I am willing to serve you like a cow or a horse."

At this time, the restaurant owner and the waiter rushed over. When they saw this piece of nine, they couldn't help but frown, but when they saw Mr. Shen not far behind him, they were stunned.

Mr. Shen did not speak, smiled and said nothing, and looked at the scene in front of him calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

But Zhang Jiu saw Mr. Shen's gaze and couldn't help but get even angrier: "Let me go quickly. I want to report to the official. Someone is robbing a civilian girl."

Passers-by outside were also attracted by his loud voice, and many people gathered at the door to watch.

Li Yuanqing looked at Mr. Shen.

Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Sir, what's wrong? Are you really going to come and rob a common girl?"

Li Yuanqing also smiled, "I'm attracted to this girly girl. Right, Mr. Shen? You're late. Go wherever you like. It's none of your business."

"You~~~."

Young Master Shen couldn't help but be stunned. After a moment, he suddenly laughed and said, "Very good, very good, very good. In Dengzhou City, I haven't encountered such an interesting thing for a long time."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Yuanqing sternly, "I say, outsider, I think you are a person, so don't toast or eat as a penalty."

Li Yuanqing smiled. He originally thought that Mr. Shen was a very profound man, but after all, he was just a young man. After a little excitement, he revealed his real character.

"I said Mr. Shen, I'm here to spend money to listen to music, and you fucking insist on coming over and interfering with me, why? You're going to make me drink as a fine?"

Li Yuanqing glanced at Mr. Shen with disdain, then looked at Zhang Jiu next to him, "I'm attracted to this young lady. How much money will he give you? I'll pay double."

Zhang Jiu had sobered up from the wine at this time. He glanced at Mr. Shen and then at Li Yuanqing in front of him.

Obviously, Li Yuanqing's side is more fierce.

"One hundred taels, no, two hundred taels." Zhang Jiu gritted his teeth and looked at Li Yuanqing secretly.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile, "Two hundred taels, right? That's four hundred taels? Come, get him four hundred taels of silver."

Huang Guoshan carried the banknote with him and quickly took out four hundred taels. He flashed it in front of Zhang Jiu's eyes and said, "The money is here. Bring the documents."

Zhang Jiu didn't expect that things would turn out so happily. He really met a stupid boss with a lot of money. If he had known he would pay a thousand taels. He said hurriedly: "The divorce letter is in my pocket. You guys let me go. I Just take it out."

One of the two soldiers let go, and Zhang Jiu quickly took out the divorce letter from his arms and handed it to the soldier.

The soldier handed it to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing glanced at him with a smile, "Give him the money, pay the money with one hand, and hand it over to the person with the other. Zhang Jiu, Master Jiu, let's clear up both sides."

"Yes. Yes. Master, we are settled." Zhang Jiu couldn't help but be overjoyed. How many handsome women can't be bought with four hundred taels of silver?

Especially with so many coming from Liaodong.

Li Yuanqing held the document in his hand and glanced at Mr. Shen provocatively. Mr. Shen's face was already ashen.
Chapter completed!